Tinder Matches Spike During Thanksgiving Weekend

Trending News: Why Thanksgiving Is The Perfect Weekend To Find A Winter Partner

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Thanksgiving weekend offers a great last chance to find a winter cuddle buddy for cuffing season, if online dating trends are an indication. Matches tend to spike on the app during the holiday weekend, particularly in Baltimore, New York and Salt Lake City.

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Fear not single people. If you have yet to find a partner to hibernate with this winter, there's still a chance. Despite Halloween being the unofficial cut-off date for cuffing season, Thanksgiving weekend may offer a great final chance to spend the winter well-sexed and cozy.

The exciting news comes from Tinder, which found that in 2015 matches spiked 23% more on Thanksgiving weekend compared to non-holiday weekends. In total, that looked like 2.3 billion swipes across the U.S. and more than 17 million matches.

Who knows, maybe it's the wine and the endorphins from the delicious turkey dinner. Or maybe people are swiping because they need something to do to ignore their racist uncle and bratty cousins. Or maybe, just maybe, it's the dirty looks from mom that make you feel bad for being single. Whatever reason you have for swiping, matches might be likely because we have a natural affinity to being attracted to people with roots similar to our own, according to Tinder.

“People typically tend to be attracted to those with a similar demographic background — from age, occupation, education and more. Individuals who grow up in the same areas are more likely to have shared experiences, making home a great place for singles with similar values to connect,” said Tinder's resident Sociologist Dr. Jess Carbino in an email.

But not all hometowns are created equal in terms of matches. Some cities are swiping more than other and here are the top 10:

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